Presidential Inauguration of Donald J. Trump 2017

[Aura7541]

Chicago Plans 'Mass Mooning' of Trump Tower to Force Release of Trump's Tax Returns |Heat Street

Lol, what the fudge?

[the-pi-guy]

Chicago Plans 'Mass Mooning' of Trump Tower to Force Release of Trump's Tax Returns |Heat Street

Lol, what the fudge?

At first read, I thought they were planning a mass shooting, and I was like wtf? 
This makes slightly more sense....

[Mmm_fish_tacos]

Spoiler alert, he didnt pay any.

[the-pi-guy]

Spoiler alert, he didnt pay any.

At this point, I'd almost say that it would probably be more interesting because it could reveal something about his ties to Russia.  

This isn't the 80's any longer, information doesn't vanish, it is all out there. You are going to regret the next 4 years. @realDonaldTrump

— Anonymous???? (@YourAnonCentral) January 16, 2017

[Dr. Pezus]

Why didn't they do this before he became president?

[Raven]

Why didn't they do this before he became president?

No one thought he was going to win. A lot of people were convinced that he not only shot himself in the foot one too many times, but that he wasn't popular enough to beat someone like Clinton. The polls, which in the past had been accurate, were way off. Clinton was expected to win by a wide margin. So after the surprising victory, that's when certain groups who hadn't bothered before started getting serious about exposing him if they could.

[the-pi-guy]

Trump: I may defund California as 'weapon' to fight illegal immigration - NeoGAF

Welp, California secession confirmed.https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2017/02/05/...ry-cities.html

President Donald Trump is prepared to deprive the State of California of federal funding if it votes to become a sanctuary state, he said in a Fox News interview.
 "If we have to, we'll defund," he said. "We give tremendous amounts of money to California."
 California Democrats in the Senate stepped up their fight against the president last week, advancing legislation that would provide statewide sanctuary for immigrants and keep local law enforcement from cooperating with federal authorities.
 The president told Fox he is very much opposed to sanctuary cities, which he called "ridiculous."
 "They breed crime, there's a lot of problems," he said.
 In a 2016 analysis by WalletHub that ranked most and least federally dependent states, the Golden State came in at number 46 on the list.

 

[DD_Bwest]

i just read on gaf places in cali are looking into not sending the fed tax miney to dc as a way to offset anything trump does.   if it continues this eay things will get messy

[Aura7541]

i just read on gaf places in cali are looking into not sending the fed tax miney to dc as a way to offset anything trump does.   if it continues this eay things will get messy

There were also riots at UC Berkeley last week. Things are getting crazy.

[the-pi-guy]

General Flynn resigns from position - NeoGAF

Just came up on CNN, not sure if any new revelations associated with it?
 Trump just today said he stood behind him lol
 CNN is quoting two sources saying he resigned per Gloria Borger
 Gloria Borger is reporting Petraeus is the replacement?(or interviewing?)http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/13/politi...ser/index.html
 

[the-pi-guy]

NYT: Trump Campaign Aides Had Repeated Contacts With Russian Intelligence - NeoGAF

Breaking now, holy fudge.

WASHINGTON — Phone records and intercepted calls show that members of Donald J. Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and other Trump associates had repeated contacts with senior Russian intelligence officials in the year before the election, according to four current and former American officials. American law enforcement and intelligence agencies intercepted the communications around the same time that they were discovering evidence that Russia was trying to disrupt the presidential election by hacking into the Democratic National Committee, three of the officials said. The intelligence agencies then sought to learn whether the Trump campaign was colluding with the Russians on the hacking or other efforts to influence the election. The officials interviewed in recent weeks said that, so far, they had seen no evidence of such cooperation. But the intercepts alarmed American intelligence and law enforcement agencies, in part because of the amount of contact that was occurring while Mr. Trump was speaking glowingly about the Russian president, Vladimir V. Putin. At one point last summer, Mr. Trump said at a campaign event that he hoped Russian intelligence services had stolen Hillary Clinton's emails and would make them public.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/14/u...ons-trump.html CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/14/politi...ign/index.html

(CNN)High-level advisers close to then-presidential nominee Donald Trump were in constant communication during the campaign with Russians known to US intelligence, multiple current and former intelligence, law enforcement and administration officials tell CNN. President-elect Trump and then-President Barack Obama were both briefed on details of the extensive communications between suspected Russian operatives and people associated with the Trump campaign and the Trump business, according to US officials familiar with the matter.

 

[the-pi-guy]

Introduced bill would terminate the EPA - NeoGAF

Laurie Garrett ‏@Laurie_Garrett This is it, the entire bill: Terminate the EPA.

 

https://t.co/UCIiFK836o
 

[the-pi-guy]

Political cartoon depiction of Betsy DeVos stirs controversy - NeoGAF

The cartoon from artist Glenn McCoy reimagines Norman Rockwell's 1964 painting "The Problem We All Live With," with the education secretary positioned in place of Ruby Bridges, among other changes. Original

Originally Posted by Kevin M. Kruse
 
 

 
 Some are wondering why historical comparison this cartoon tries to make is so wrong-headed. Let me try to explain. The cartoon riffs on Norman Rockwell's "The Problem We All Live With," depicting Ruby Bridges in New Orleans' 1960 desegregation crisis. Set aside the obvious fact that a billionaire-donor-turned-cabinet-member is *slightly* different from a 6yo black girl under Jim Crow. That huge difference aside, the opposition to Betsy DeVos was not remotely like the opposition to desegregation in New Orleans. To prevent the most token desegregation of their public schools, thousands of white segregationists rioted in the streets of New Orleans. As Rockwell's painting shows, the mobs threw tomatoes and rotten eggs at six-year-old Ruby Bridges, seen here in the US Marshals' car. Rockwell couldn't bring himself to paint the mob itself though. Crowds of furious white mothers who called themselves the "cheerleaders." John Steinbeck, never before at a loss for words, had trouble describing them. Their shrieks were "bestial and filthy and degenerate." The mob kept up the protests all year, urging whites to boycott the schools. They did. In days, only 19 whites left at one, 3 at another. Emboldened, the mob kept up the pressure, using violence, vandalism & economic boycotts against anyone, black or white, opposing them. It was a yearlong campaign of racial terrorism that paralyzed an entire city and became a cautionary tale for the rest of the nation. So, no, there's no real comparison to be made here to Betsy DeVos being briefly inconvenienced by a handful of peaceful protesters. No.

 

https://twitter.com/KevinMKruse/stat...24569383419904
 

[Aura7541]

Raven already made much of the points this video made, albeit in more depth.

[Raven]

Raven already made much of the points this video made, albeit in more depth.

The travel ban, like the wall with Mexico, is little more than political symbolism. It's not practical. It's not effective. They won't/wouldn't last. It's just politicians placating certain demographics for short term, narrow minded victories.